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From Old English to Standard English
Author | : Dennis Freeborn |
Publsiher | : University of Ottawa Press |
Total Pages | : 502 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9780776604695 |
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"This practical and informative course book is a fascinating, visual volume which leads the student through the development of the language from Old English, through Middle and Early Modern English to the establishment of Standard English in the eighteenth century." "At the core of this substantially expanded second edition lies a series of nearly 200 historical texts, of which more than half are reproduced in facsimile, and which illustrate the progressive changes in the language. The book is firmly based upon linguistic description, with commentaries which form a series of case studies demonstrating the evidence for language change at every level - handwriting, spelling, punctuation, vocabulary, grammar and meaning." "Such a wealth of texts, as well as the structured activities and the various case studies, allow the volume to be used not only as a stimulating course text, guiding students through the analysis of data, but also as a comprehensive resource book and invaluable reference tool for teachers and students at all levels."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Standard English and the Politics of Language
Author | : T. Crowley |
Publsiher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 292 |
Release | : 2003-06-24 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 9780230501935 |
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The status of 'Standard English' has featured in linguistic, educational and cultural debates over decades. This second edition of Tony Crowley's wide-ranging historical analysis and lucid account of the complex and sometimes polarised arguments driving the debate brings us up to date, and ranges from the 1830s to Conservative education policies in the 1990s and on to the implications of the National Curriculum for English language teaching in schools. Students and researchers in literacy, the history of English language, cultural theory, and English language education will find this treatment comprehensive, carefully researched and lively reading.
The Development of Standard English 1300 1800
Author | : Laura Wright |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 2006-11-02 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 0521029694 |
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This volume describes the development of Standard English from Middle English onwards.
The Multilingual Origins of Standard English
Author | : Laura Wright |
Publsiher | : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
Total Pages | : 437 |
Release | : 2020-09-07 |
Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | : 9783110687576 |
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Textbooks inform readers that the precursor of Standard English was supposedly an East or Central Midlands variety which became adopted in London; that monolingual fifteenth century English manuscripts fall into internally-cohesive Types; and that the fourth Type, dating after 1435 and labelled ‘Chancery Standard’, provided the mechanism by which this supposedly Midlands variety spread out from London. This set of explanations is challenged by taking a multilingual perspective, examining Anglo-Norman French, Medieval Latin and mixed-language contexts as well as monolingual English ones. By analysing local and legal documents, mercantile accounts, personal letters and journals, medical and religious prose, multiply-copied works, and the output of individual scribes, standardisation is shown to have been preceded by supralocalisation rather than imposed top-down as a single entity by governmental authority. Linguistic features examined include syntax, morphology, vocabulary, spelling, letter-graphs, abbreviations and suspensions, social context and discourse norms, pragmatics, registers, text-types, communities of practice social networks, and the multilingual backdrop, which was influenced by shifting socioeconomic trends.
Standards of English
Author | : Raymond Hickey |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 445 |
Release | : 2012-12-06 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9780521763899 |
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The first book-length exploration of 'standard Englishes' with contributions by the leading experts on each major variety of English discussed.
Standard English
Author | : Tony Bex,Richard J. Watts |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 325 |
Release | : 2002-01-31 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9781134653140 |
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Standard English draws together the leading international scholars in the field, who confront the debates surrounding 'Standard English', grammar and correctness head-on. These debates are as intense today as ever and extend far beyond an academic context. Current debates about the teaching of English in the school curriculum and concerns about declining standards of English are placed in a historical, social and international context. Standard English: * explores the definitions of 'Standard English', with particular attention to distinctions between spoken and written English * traces the idea of 'Standard English' from its roots in the late seventeenth century through to the present day. This is an accessible, seminal work which clarifies an increasingly confused topic. It includes contributions from: Ronald Carter, Jenny Cheshire, Tony Crowley, James Milroy, Lesley Milroy and Peter Trudgill.
Authority in Language
Author | : Lesley Milroy |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 192 |
Release | : 2002-09-11 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9781134687572 |
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This influential and widely used book has been extensively revised and includes a new chapter on linguistic discrimination on the basis of class, race and ethnicity.
Negation in Non Standard British English
Author | : Lieselotte Anderwald |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 248 |
Release | : 2003-08-27 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9781134513840 |
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Despite the advances of radio and television and increasing mobility and urbanization, spoken English is by no means becoming more like the written standard. English dialect grammar, however, is still a new and relatively undeveloped area of research, and most studies to date are either restricted regionally, or based on impressionistic statements. This book provides the first thorough empirical study of the field of non-standard negation across Great Britain.